Intel Core i7-870 vs Intel Core i7-4910MQ

Core i7-870 vs Core i7-4910MQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4910MQ performs better than the Core i7-870. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-870 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4910MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4910MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4910MQ outputs less heat than Core i7-870 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-870 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.